variants
or ochreous
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ocherous
Adjective
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Robbie invites Peach Boy to close his eyes and imagine white sandy beaches, a big blue ocean, and beautiful women asking to dance with him.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025 -
The net was pulled along the sandy bottom, running over rocks jutting out from the soft seafloor.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her remains weighed 51 pounds, had a blonde wig over short, yellow hair, and remnants of her last meal — beans — were still in her stomach.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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The royal's hair seemed to be back to her signature brown, after she was seen with blonde hair earlier in the week, with her tresses styled in loose curls on Monday.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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The shallow water is the same tawny color as at Silvermine, but the reservoir floor is concrete-lined.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Speaking of strawberry blonde, Perry says to take the shade a little bit deeper.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pruitt is described as standing 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with blue eyes, and blonde or strawberry blonde hair.—
William Thornton | wthornton@al.com,
al,
7 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Cook, flipping occasionally, until deeply golden brown and crispy all over, 4 to 5 minutes, adjusting heat as needed to prevent overbrowning.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Of course, this fallow year came during the ‘golden generation’ period.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Their delicious 2021 Viognier is straw colored in the glass with aromas of white flowers, white peach, and dried apricot with flavors of yellow peach, jasmine flower, and cantaloupe melon.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
24 July 2025
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Inside the container is straw, alfalfa, water and vegetables, and electronic equipment will monitor the temperature and allow technicians to even talk to the animal.—
Alicia Fernández,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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And yet, about four years ago, images of myself with flaxen hair started to wheedle their way into my brain and park there.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
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Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Ocherous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ocherous. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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